Work & commute · Sand Creek

Work & commute in Sand Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Sand Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Shakopee (12%), Bloomington (8%) and Jordan (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 765 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 740 Sand Creek residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 451 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Creek.

740live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

451work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Creek goes to work

Shakopee9.2 mi away

12%93

Bloomington17.6 mi away

8%58

Jordan2.4 mi away

6%47

Minneapolis25.9 mi away

6%45

Eden Prairie14.2 mi away

5%38

Burnsville16.7 mi away

5%36

Prior Lake8.4 mi away

4%30

Edina19.2 mi away

3%26

Minnetonka19.5 mi away

3%25

Sand Creek (in town)right here

3%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%342

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sand Creek commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

51%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Creek is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Creek are

476 jobs are based in Sand Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sand Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sand Creek

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sand Creek residents hold

765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+47%

Jobs based in Sand Creek, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 476. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.